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In this unusual factual situation involving two geographically descriptive terms, the Board granted a petition for cancellation of a Supplemental Registration for the mark CHICAGO STAGEHAND, in standard character form, ...

The USPTO refused to register the mark MERLIN for "timepieces and chronometric instruments," finding it confusingly similar to the identical mark registered for various articles of clothing. The Examining Attorney ...

In a 75-page opinion that includes a 12-page Appendix summarizing the record, the Board dismissed this opposition to registration of the mark TEQUILA as a certification mark for "distilled spirits, ...